Nissan Kubistar: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Nissan Kubistar fails its first MOT more often than the average UK car, by 19.9 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 970 individual Nissan Kubistar tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 56.8% first-time pass rate means roughly 43 in every 100 Nissan Kubistars presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is worse than average, so budget for remedial work and treat a fresh 12-month MOT as a genuine selling point rather than a given. The average Nissan Kubistar tested had covered 120,498 miles and was built around 2006.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. The Nissan Kubistar sits 19.9 points below the national average, ranked 1,988 of 2,005 models. On one bought as repairable salvage, assume the mechanical side needs more than the visible accident damage, and pad your repair estimate accordingly.

Before you bid: run the lot through the analyzer, check the car's own record, check the mileage, decode the VIN, and if it carries a marker use the write-off value calculator. Or compare it against another model.

Looking at a specific Nissan Kubistar rather than the model in general? The free check covers its MOT and mileage history, and the full HPI report confirms the insurance write-off category, outstanding finance and whether it is recorded stolen, from licensed data for 5 credits. Already own one that has been damaged? Work out whether fixing it beats selling it with the repair or scrap calculator, and see recorded closing bids for damaged Nissan Kubistars at UK salvage auction.

Most common MOT failures on a Nissan Kubistar

1. Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 8.4% of tests (11.22x the national rate for this defect)
2. An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction, 4.1% of tests (9.93x the national rate for this defect)
3. A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play, 8.4% of tests (6.4x the national rate for this defect)
4. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 5.2% of tests (4.97x the national rate for this defect)
5. A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 7.4% of tests (4.85x the national rate for this defect)
6. Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded, 4.7% of tests (4.44x the national rate for this defect)
7. A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps, 3.2% of tests (3.58x the national rate for this defect)
8. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 7.1% of tests (3.19x the national rate for this defect)
9. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 5.3% of tests (2.76x the national rate for this defect)
10. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 13.6% of tests (2.71x the national rate for this defect)

From 970 DVSA-tracked Nissan Kubistar tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 4.43% of these flagged Nissan Kubistar defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 5.11% nationally.

Most common MOT advisories on a Nissan Kubistar

An advisory doesn't fail the car - the tester flags it as worth watching, but it still passes. A different list from the failures above: what testers are noting on a Nissan Kubistar before it actually fails on it.

1. A brake hose ferrule excessively corroded, 8.4% of tests (6.56x the national rate for this advisory)
2. A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play, 8.2% of tests (6.18x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
3. A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting, 4.7% of tests (4.44x the national rate for this advisory)
4. Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded, 21.4% of tests (3.46x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
5. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 6.9% of tests (3.46x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
6. Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements, 4.1% of tests (3.01x the national rate for this advisory)
7. Fluid leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users, 16.4% of tests (2.95x the national rate for this advisory)
8. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 28.6% of tests (2.14x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
9. Exhaust system leaking or insecure, 5.6% of tests (1.96x the national rate for this advisory)
10. Number plate inscription missing or illegible, 4.8% of tests (1.83x the national rate for this advisory)

From 970 DVSA-tracked Nissan Kubistar tests, 2024.

Other Nissan models

• Nissan Qashqai - 72.7%
• Nissan Juke - 71.8%
• Nissan Micra - 71.7%
• Nissan Note - 72.1%
• Nissan X-Trail - 73.5%
• Nissan Navara - 72.9%
• Nissan Leaf - 83.1%
• Nissan Nv200 - 65.1%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Peugeot 307 - 57.4%
• Fiat Bravo - 57.4%
• Citroen Grand C4 Picasso - 57.2%
• Chevrolet Aveo - 56.6%
• Chevrolet Lacetti - 56.2%
• Renault Espace - 56.2%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences
• Do you need an HPI check on a car you know is a write-off?

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